What is the difference between a solution and a mixture?

Answer 1

The difference between a mixture and a solution is fairly subtle. A mixture is anything mixed together, for example, lemonade and cola mixed or shampoo and conditioner. When something is mixed, theoretically the two liquids could be separated again. In a solution, a chemical bond is formed between the molecules of the two liquids and they can not be separated by physical means, such as by a filter or centrifuge. In a mixture the components will retain their physical properties when combined. For example, a tossed salad is a mixture because, even though the lettuce and the dressing and the vegetables combine to make a salad, it is still clear what they individually are and they could, with some effeort, be separated out into piles of lettuce, tomato, and other ingredients.

Answer 2

A solution is also referred to as a Homogeneous Mixture, which is a mixture that has constant composition throughout; it always has a single phase.

Basically a solution refers to a specific type of mixture.

Common examples of solutions would be tea or pink lemonade. You are probably more familiar with solutions in liquid form, but they can also be solids, liquids, or gases. They can be a mixture of a solid and gas, a solid and a liquid, a gas and a liquid, and so on...

Answer 3

A solution is a homogeneous mixture where the components are evenly distributed at a molecular level, like salt dissolved in water. A mixture is a combination of two or more substances that are physically combined but not chemically bonded, like a trail mix of nuts and dried fruits.

Answer 4

A mixture is simply two or more substances as a solution is just a base substance alone.

Answer 5

Mixtures are easy to separate ex) Trail mix

Soulitions are hard to separate ex) Lemonade

Answer 6

a solution is special a mixture is stupid